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[[Category:Battles|Amorah 5 March 1858, Battle of]]
{{Battles_Infobox
|partof=[[Indian Mutiny]]
|date=5 March 1858
|location=Amorah, Faizabad, Uttar Pradesh
|presidency=[[Bengal]]
|co-ordinates=[http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?ll=26.776453,82.374457&z=13&t=h&hl=en 26.770762°N 82.381910°E]
|result=British victory
|territory=
|combatant1=Sarun Field Force<br>HMS Pearl Naval Brigade
|combatant2=Rebel Sepoys
|commander1=Col F. Rowcroft<br> Captain Sotheby RN
|commander2=Nazim Mahimed Hossen<br>Rajahs of Gonda & Churdah
|strength1=about 1,300<br>4 guns
|strength2= 4,000 sepoys Gwalior contingent<br>700 Oude Police Corps<br>10,ooo irregulars<br>300 sowars<br>9 guns
|casualties1= 1 killed<br>9 wounded
|casualties2=500 killed & wounded<br>7 guns
}}
== HMS Frigate Pearl ==
32 Royal Marines<br>140 Naval column
== Sarun Field Force ==
200 Bengal Yeomanry Cavalry<br>850 Gorruknath & Burruk Gurkha Regiments<br>39 Bengal Sikh Police Battalion<br>Four 12 pounder howitzers
== External Links ==
[http://www.britishempire.co.uk/forces/armycampaigns/indiancampaigns/mutiny/mutiny.htm The British Empire - Indian Mutiny 1857-58]<br>
[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=VfgdAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA470&dq=Indian+Mutiny&lr=&as_brr=1&ei=N_iMR4rRBoOCsgPQtbDQBQ#PPA470,M1 Google Books - Battle of Amorah]<br>[http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=mDUQAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=Amorah+Gazetteer+of+The+territories+under+the+Government+of+the+East+India+Company%2BCoimbatore&ei=rbgZSfC5AY6KswOqgtXGAQ#PPA32,M1 Amorah - Gazetteer 1857]
== Recommended Reading ==
''"Indian Mutiny"'' by Saul David 2002 ISBN 0141005548<br>
''"My Indian Mutiny Diary"'' by WH Russell 1967 ISBN 0527781207
[[Image:Amorahmap.jpg|thumb|Amorah Location<br>Survey 1920-1946]]
[[Category:Battles|Amorah 17 April 1858, Battle of]]
[[Category:Indian Mutiny|Amorah 17 April 1858, Battle of]]
